| Show A nubian lion hunt H U nt by baron heinrich albert baron albert the aus trum adventurer has hai hunted game its avei eveaj part of the horld lie ile hw hai an estate pro hima him aith an income of 0 per year ama an for the past IS years Y ears that ii since hi his hit t majority y he hai ira traveled led oter oler the globe facing dangerous animals and laying them low it is not often that a man w m found aitho has hunted puma grizzly moose lion tiger elephant ophard el volf rhinoceros hippopotamus leopard oceo lot etc in these especially written papers he has narrated for this senes some of his moat stirring encounters in the terr territory dory through alich ex preat dent roosevelt mill hunt i WWW T WOULD be absurd after I 1 IT hating the dangers of a passage of the upper nile out of season and after traversing trave several hundreds hund roda of miles of country in tho the bands hands of rebellious tribesmen to come 21 V 7 0 o ROSE OUT OF THE ROCKS AND ST FACING US to a mortal end under the paws of a nubian lion it would be ba the irony of fate late but that la Is what nearly happened to me some years ago with perils innumerable behind us its the two white men of the party one a gold seeker the other othor a pure al of the type of tamer nearly came to an er berj 1 I we frequently left the river and navigable tributaries which we were working out slowly to explore the ra vines for high bar bars never taking with us more mori than ban four bearers be arpra though at V time w ere absent from the main f r outfit for a fortnight knowing t was as en entirely lirely eafe safe in the care of a thin cross eye I 1 arabian ex chasseur chase eur who was a born voyageur with a tinge of napoleon 1 and the devil and anc uncle TOOT tom in him lie ile waa was true as salt arabian and the bood blood brother senegal negro tro two tyre types of dark skinned men with whom I 1 as boon face danger and difficulty as with any white men that live one night we were about to make camp when we encountered a party of omen and girl girls bearing water jare jars and they told ws of a tillage village a mile further on 14 tore bre we reached the village we were met by tho chief and bla his ludu anas who begged us to make A t stay with then them as they were serf busly trouble I 1 with lloa lions two of the chlebo horses and two of his wires had been among the kisses the tillage had suffered alf ala tl three niu muskets stets in ma his army were of 0 DO no avail especially aa as done none of the of fibers in command could be induced to get near enough to the bold beast beasts to risk a hot shot about the second hour of dart noes the cattle in the illace 1 became very restless the wind waa was from the south mouth and as the half halt full moon N as an bright that any u animal near the village would have been rot noticed iced drayton dray ton and I 1 agreed that the lion was in a little coppo coppe ol 01 rocks about a bait ball mile up the wind we had nut had bail time before dark to examine any of the old spoor and knowing merely that there therl aas at least a lioness with cubs among the lot we set not out in stead of ot waiting until they approached the stream drayton carried a special 50 50 winchester and I 1 a parker ten gauge which aich I 1 had loaded with special shells of dense powder and buckshot ot set bet in wax when within 50 yards of the k koppe oppe a splendid animal form rose out of the rocks and stood facing us P paws a wa on a huge boulder we ve were re hidden by the clumps of brush through which we had been working and he him did rot rut tee us slowly and majestic ally he surveyed the little plain then thrusting out his big ponderous jaw uttered littered a r roar that went thundering down he reaches of moonlit silence it was as with difficulty that could restrain drayton from risking a shot from where we abood the lion held his pose and ducking under cover of the bruah brush and treading softly on the sand we hurried forward to the first ridge ot rocks to pass these we must attract his notice to a certainty so drayton dropped on one kne while with every nerve tingling and my eyes and ears astrain to catch any sign of his mate who might be just beyond the ridge for all wo we knew I 1 waited for brayt tone ons hot shot lie chose the cheat and the crash of the winchester tent rient echoing among the rocks the mag cincent ent beast leaped ten feet in the air then came rolling tu tumbling mag clawing down our aide side of the koppe oppe dl erectly toward ua us ills wounded roar was answered from othe direct directions io Us there were two other lions on an the other eide side of the koppe and one in the rocks and brush not 20 yards from ua us to the right but we had not time to think of them the roundel lion got to hie his feet with ath incredible energy and quickness As bo he leaped with another roar I 1 poured both barrel barrels of my parker into his body that was enough he ile landed in convulsions convulsion and it waa was fortunate that be bad had enough there was a crash la in the brush to the right and bounding into the moonlight giving terrible voice came bis big mate she stopped as she caught sight eight of ue us never neye have I 1 barlen and loaded a eun gun mca quickly drayton had hall pumped in another sh she and without pausing to more than swing owing oa on bis his knee and cover he let drive and missed barely raking her shoulder she bit hastily at the wound and then came for us u lle 1110 ll e 0 a thunder bolt I 1 meant to pull both barrel barrels but gave her the right wavered a trifle but was on ue us bf before fore I 1 could fire again she knocked drayton flat and his head striking a rock lo U lay senseless while her outstretched talons tore his rifle from his handa hands and tumbled it clattering among the bushes her ifer momentum carried her over him and her body merely brushed me I 1 leaped one pace tu to the right and swinging my alece 1 without even bringing it to shoulder drove tho the bucks into her throat threat she was in the act of whirling to rush upon drayton but now dropped in her final agony rolling over and over on him one ono blind blow from her pas tearing halt the clothes from his hin body but leaving him unhurt I 1 did not know then but that she had bad crushed his skull as an she leaped but ragging him aside I 1 saw that be he was merely stunned s and was now coming aroun around dl by permission lulon of longmans drain A as co new now york copyright fw po by 1 |
